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Cassumunar ginger

Zingiber montanum

Also called Bengal Ginger, Cassumar Ginger

Cassumunar ginger
Photo: Benoit Blanchard, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Zingiberaceae (Ginger family)
Grows as
Bulb
Native range
S. China to Indo-China
Climate
subtropical

About

Zingiber montanum is a species of plant in the family Zingiberaceae, with no subspecies. Native to Indo-China and Malesia, it has become an invasive species in the Caribbean and South America; there are many synonyms including Zingiber cassumunar.

Other Zingiber plants

Zingiber barbatum · Cassumunar Ginger · Ginger · Zingiber kelabitianum · Zingiber matutumense · Myoga · Ginger · Zingiber sabuanum · Beehive Ginger · Bitter ginger · Ginger

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zingiber montanum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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